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I've had a Pioneer DV717 for 2 years that was pretty much fine for any discs but if the discs were dodgy copies (i.e. poor burns or heavily scratched) it would occasionally freeze and the sound would continue.

The players laser was fine and its remained fine right up until I traded it in for my Toshiba SD900E.

Personally I'd check it throughly with some normal audio CD's and try cleaning the VCDs in question.